Some features of Valencian Comunity

1. VALENCIANCOMMUNITY
WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE LIVE...

2. LOCATION
→ Valencian community is
located in the East of Spain.

3. PROVINCES
→ We have three provinces in
the Valencian Community:
-Castellón
-Valencia
-Alicante

4. CAPITALCITY
→ The capital city of the Valencian
Community is Valencia.
→ And we live in the east of
Valencia, in the Horta Nord.

5. POPULATION
→ We have a total population of
4.939.550 people.
→ Valencia: 2.543.209 inhabitants.
→ Castellón: 594.915 inhabitants .
→Alicante:1.891.477 inhabitants.

6. Flag
→ Its name is: Senyera.
→ The flag of the Valencian
Community was formalised in 1982.

7. CLIMATE
→ Our annual average temperature
is around 18ºC.
→ On average we only have 44 rain
days a year.
→ We also have an average
humidity of 65%.
→ We have the chance to enjoy one
of the most optimal number of
hours of daylight in Europe. An
average of 10 or 8 hours.

8. RELIEFINOURCOMMUNITY
→ The highest peaks are in the
Valencia and Castellon provinces.
→ The most emblematic mountain
of our community is called
Penyagolosa, in the province of
Castellón, it’s 1815 metres high.

9. OURCOASTS
→ Our coasts are free of mountains
except from those of El Cap de la
Nau in Alicante and those from
Peñíscola in Castellón.

10. → We also have wetlands and
marshlands:
“El Hondo” (Elche y Crevillent)“L’Albufera” (Valencia)

11. OURRIVERS
→ There are three rivers:
→ There are three river
“Segura” (Alicante) “Xúquer” (Valencia)
Túria (Valencia)

12. L’HORTANORD
→ It is an area in Northern
Valencia. It’s really important
because it the last piece of land for
agriculture surrounding a big city
(Valencia) . Some of our products
from the “Horta Nord” are
potatoes, tiger nuts, oranges,
persimmons,etc.

13. FAUNA
→It’s really diverse. There are some freshwater fishes and amphibians. We also
have rapacious birds and aquatic ones too.

14. FLORA
→ The typical vegetation is the
Mediterranean Forest with
perennial and xerophilous leaves.

15. GASTRONOMY
→ The most famous dish in Valencia
is “Paella”.
Ingredients: rice, saffron, chicken
and rabbit, flat broad beans and
green beans.
→ Another well known dish is
“Fideuà”. Ingredients: noodles,
saffron, prawns and onions.

16. STEWS
Main ingredients: bones, rice, pork,
sausage and vegetables. It is typical
especially in Christmas Day.

17. OURSPECIALSAUCE
It’s called “Allioli” which literally
means garlic and oil because those
are the ingredients.

18. PIES
SWEET
→ These are called Coca de Llanda.
SALTY
→ These are usually made of
tomato and tuna

19. STARTERS
→ “Mojama”
Ingredients:salted tuna.
→ “Esgarraet”
Ingredients: roasted peppers
into strips, salted cod
crumbs, garlic and oil.

20. NOUGAT
→ Soft nougat → Hard nougat
Ingredients: sugar, honey, eggs, almonds, lemon and
cinnamon

21. POPULARDRINKS
→“Orxata”
It’s sweet and it’s made of “xufa”
(tiger nuts).
→ “Mistela”
It’s a liqueur made from the mixture
of grape and alcohol.

22. TRADITIONALFESTIVITIESThe most popular are “Fallas”: people annually build huge
(like buildings) beautiful monuments and then as a
tradition they burn them in the night of 19th march

23. “9D’OCTUBRE”
→ We commemorate the entry in the city of Valencia
of King James I in 1238.And we eat "marzipan" which
is typical.

24. TRADITIONALSONGS
→”La Maredeueta”: https://youtu.
be/mPWdnX_-cAA
→The Anthem of Valencia:
https://youtu.be/QIGaguPqiMw
→”La manta al coll i el cabasset”:
https://youtu.be/8b33EFWxYrI

25. PLACESTOVISITINVALENCIA
“BIOPARC”
“OCEANOGRÀFRIC”
“LA CIUDAD DE LAS
ARTES Y LAS CIENCIAS”

26. VALENCIA’SSPORTS
→ This is called “Pilota Valenciana”
It’s played with a small ball and with
the hand.

27. VALENCIA’SLANGUAGES
→We have two languages: spanish
and valencian language (catalan).
They have the same origins: Latin.

28. VALENCIANCELEBRITIES
→ “San Vicente Ferrer”: he was a
dominican philosopher
→ “Joaquín Sorolla”: he was painter
and a graphic artist.

29. LITERATURE
→ “Vicente Blasco Ibañez”: he was a
writer, journalist and politician.
SCIENCEANDMEDICINE
→ “Pedro Cavadas”: he is a plastic
surgeon. he achieved the first face
transplant performed in Spain and
the eighth in the world.

30. MUSIC
→ “Concha Piquer”: she was a singer
and a valencian actress.
→ “Nino Bravo”: he became a singer
thanks to Eurovision.
CINEMAANDTELEVISION
→ “Joaquín Prat”:he was one of the
most important presenters of
television and radio.

31. THANKYOUFORYOUR
ATTENTION
BY: Amparo Cabrera, Mario Martínez, Tristán Ferrer and Victoria Bravo